{"product_id":"red-pyramid-selected-stories","title":"Red Pyramid: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRed Pyramid: Selected Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVladimir Sorokin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781681378206\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNYRB Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative, hilarious, and tender stories about sex, violence, and politics from one of the greatest Russian writers of the post-Soviet era.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid \u003c\/i\u003eis a sort of \"greatest hits\" collection of short stories from across Vladimir Sorokin's career, beginning with scatological conceptual texts like \"Passing Through\" and \"An Obelisk\"; then plunging into the more even-tempered, but still quite uncanny, delights of his post-Soviet work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories like \"A Month in Dachau\" earn Sorokin his moniker as the \"Russian De Sade,\" while others, like \"Timka,\" are shockingly tender--despite their graphic depictions of mass shootings and anal sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection also contains the infamous \"Nastya,\" a story about a family cannibalizing its daughter on the eve of the twentieth century, for which Sorokin was nearly put on trial; \"Horse Soup,\" which was the first translation from the Russian to win an O'Henry Prize; as well as stories published in Anglophone magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e to great acclaim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Max Lawton with equal attention to chewiness and pop flair, \u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid \u003c\/i\u003eis introduced brilliantly, brutally, and as always, unexpectedly by Will Self. \u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the best place to begin a dive into Sorokin's arch detonation of Russian violence.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Red Pyramid: Selected Stories | Vladimir Sorokin | Paperback | 9781681378206 | New | Fiction 1580476","offer_id":50723431186690,"sku":"1580476","price":33.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71k_vIgqBbL.jpg?v=1791858324","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/red-pyramid-selected-stories","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}